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Updated 11/24/2023

Tori Lawrence + Co.

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Founded in 2010, Tori Lawrence + Co. is a New England-based group of movement artists, musicians, filmmakers, and designers who embed innovative art into unconventional settings.  Our performances examine how we are active participants in the construction of our intimate and global spatialities – guiding audiences into more active ways of perceiving and being present as they venture through space.

Our Company creates immersive site-specific dances, interdisciplinary performance installations, and dance films that explore the space between media and the relationship between body and environment. Working mainly in sites that are overlooked, forgotten, or abandoned, our projects inspire an imaginative and sustainable way of looking at, thinking about, and using space.  Philadelphia Weekly describes our site-specific work as “poignant,” “stunning,” and “arresting.”

TL+ Co. has been presented nationally and internationally, including three site-specific project commissions by The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.  We have recently been awarded artist residencies at Yaddo (NY), PLAYA (Oregon), Chez Bushwick (NYC), and BRUNAKRA (Sweden), funded by Lighton International Artists Exchange Program.  Other residencies include: Djerassi Resident Artists Program (2017), Charlotte Street Foundation (2016-17), Lawrence Arts Center (2016), Dance Ireland (2014), and Budapest's Workshop Foundation (2013).  We were guest artists at Franklin & Marshall College for the Fall of 2018, and are currently in residence at Middlebury College 2019-20.  Our work has been presented by Philadelphia Dance Projects, Movement Research at the Judson Church, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (Northampton, MA), Stockholm Screendance Festival,  Screendance Africa, Agite y Sirva Screendance Touring Festival (Mexico City), Portland Maine Film Festival, Legion Arts/CSPS, and Cyprus International Film Festival, amongst others. 

Find Me

Tori Lawrence
Job Title: Director/Choreographer
Phone: 6785598906
Address:
702 Main Rd.
Chesterfield, MA 01012

Social Media:

Additional Content:

  • “JUNKSPACE” Sweden (trailer) // live performance

    working music scores for the site-adaptive performance of "JUNKSPACE" presented while in residence at BRUNAKRA (Simrishamn, Sweden, June 2019), director-choreographer: Tori Lawrence dancer: Ellie Goudie-Averill, live music: Cole Highnam, Seth Wenger

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2010

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2010

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Media - Film

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Film Showings
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 6

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations

Geographic Reach:

  • State
  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Philadelphia Dance Projects. Commissioned Choreographer. Philadelphia, PA. 2020
  • Shaker Museum Residency. New Lebanon, NY. 2019
  • Yaddo. Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship. Saratoga Springs, NY. 2018
  • Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Brooklyn, New York. 2018
  • Brunakra. Artist-in-Residence. Simrishamn, Sweden. 2018, 2019
  • Playa Residency Program. Artist-in-Residence. Summer Lake, OR. 2018
  • Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Artist-in-Residence. Woodside, CA. 2017
  • Charlotte Street Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Kansas City, MO. 2016-2017
  • Lawrence Arts Center. Artist-in-Residence & Commissioned Choreographer. Lawrence, KS. 2016
  • Ucross Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Ucross, WY. 2016
  • Franklin & Marshall College. Visiting Artist Residency. Lancaster, PA. 2016
  • The Barnes Foundation. Commissioned Choreographer. Philadelphia, PA. 2012, 2012, 2015
  • Artist Residency at Dance Ireland’s DanceHouse with Ailish Claffey Dance. Dublin, Ireland. 2014
  • Residency at Workshop Foundation, awarded by Dance/USA & Philadelphia Dance Projects. Budapest, Hungary. 2013
  • Screendance Curator for: Midwest RAD Fest (Kalamazoo, MI), 2020 American College Dance Festival (University of Wyoming), 2016 Iowa Screendance Festival (University of Iowa), 2015 Cultivate Dance Festival (Bethlehem, NH), 2012 & 2013
  • New England Dance Fund Network

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Philadelphia Dance Projects. Commissioned Choreographer. Philadelphia, PA. 2020
  • Shaker Museum Residency. New Lebanon, NY. 2019
  • Yaddo. Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship. Saratoga Springs, NY. 2018
  • Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Brooklyn, New York. 2018
  • Brunakra. Artist-in-Residence. Simrishamn, Sweden. 2018, 2019
  • Playa Residency Program. Artist-in-Residence. Summer Lake, OR. 2018
  • Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Artist-in-Residence. Woodside, CA. 2017
  • Charlotte Street Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Kansas City, MO. 2016-2017
  • Lawrence Arts Center. Artist-in-Residence & Commissioned Choreographer. Lawrence, KS. 2016
  • Ucross Foundation. Artist-in-Residence. Ucross, WY. 2016
  • Franklin & Marshall College. Visiting Artist Residency. Lancaster, PA. 2016
  • The Barnes Foundation. Commissioned Choreographer. Philadelphia, PA. 2012, 2012, 2015
  • Artist Residency at Dance Ireland’s DanceHouse with Ailish Claffey Dance. Dublin, Ireland. 2014
  • Residency at Workshop Foundation, awarded by Dance/USA & Philadelphia Dance Projects. Budapest, Hungary. 2013
  • Screendance Curator for: Midwest RAD Fest (Kalamazoo, MI), 2020 American College Dance Festival (University of Wyoming), 2016 Iowa Screendance Festival (University of Iowa), 2015 Cultivate Dance Festival (Bethlehem, NH), 2012 & 2013
  • New England Dance Fund Network

Awards

Awards:

  • Iowa Arts Fellowship,Teaching Assistantship, Summer Research Grant (University of Iowa)
  • Wyncote Foundation. Grant Recipient of $15,000 to fund the production of a dance film. 2018, 2019
  • Dance Films Association. Production Grant Recipent. Collaboration with Ellen Smith Ahern & Kate Elias. New York City. 2019
  • Lighton International Artists Exchange Program. Grant Recipient. 2018
  • New England Dance Fund Network

Education

Education:

  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (Iowa City, IA) M.F.A. Dance (Choreography track)
  • FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE (Lancaster, PA) B.A. Dance; B.A. Public Health

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design

Certifications and Training:

  • MFA in Choreography from the University of Iowa

Fee range:

$50 - $500

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design

Certifications and Training:

  • MFA in Choreography from the University of Iowa

Fee range:

$50 - $500

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • We present works in traditional theater spaces, as well as site-specific works, and dance films. Therefore, we can require very little tech support if we are doing a film screening, and more support if we are showing a live work.

Fee Range:

$200 - $10,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

8